Alles im Griff

English translation: Getting a handle on it

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17:20 Jul 2, 2003

German to English translations [PRO]Marketing / office furniture

German term or phrase:Alles im Griff

From an office furniture catalogue.
Alles im Griff is the title of the page with all the different handles available for storage units, drawers, etc.

I thought of 'good to handle', 'a pleasure to handle' but was wondering if there was something better out there. Who can think of a clever creative solution with 'handle' in it? TIA.

Thanks for all your great ideas. I later found out that this is actually meant to be a question, so I went with 'Got a handle on it?'. Kim's answer comes closest so he gets the points.4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Explanation:"Alles im Griff" is idiomatic expression in German. Normally it means that everything is under control. but here it is used in the more literal sence of the workd Griff...meaning handle as you would use it on a door or drawer or such.

The expression here is used as an eye catcher...and actually translating it directly would make no sense to the inglish speaking public...so here I would tend to translate it more according to what is meant with this particular use of the expression. Basically is it a word game.